Show THE SEALED TRUNK By Dy Henry Kitchell V Y 11 b b by Th Tb Oo Co CHAPTER XIV XIV Continued Continued 14 14 for the tho Ix expedition to recover lr the Hie trunk there wn was no nn reason why sh h t gone to 10 work this mornIng morning morn morn- ing n III as u usual although It hint icon fun to pretend to be asleep while Italic was 11 making nil all sorts florin of soil noise In her IlIr elTon effort to 10 get ot dressed and get tier her breakfast In perfect per feet teet silence and really to fall tall n asleep again for another twenty minutes after the tho studio door had slummed behind tier her nut Hut by half past nine hed he'd fin fin- lulled her own breakfast washed the citation dihe put the Iho studio to rights und and dressed for the Iho street W was l wishing that Martin had set hi his hour earlier lie bad said laid ten o'clock hadn't he hI When ten o'clock pained without bringing him him Mho abe began ln getting cross IrOM Had hid he lie Just gone Jono off otT to work n as a. u usual and forgotten all nil about her hr At belt past ten she he stopped being cross and nuil began to bo ho frightened I Had lad Uncle Undo William Vi lila in done some solute horrible Ill thing ii g to 10 hi in to get him out of lit the thu way WilY Or I in I ire vl It handle n re I a n pearl i revolver lr er u. u tills time tinie In tier her little or I lr lri I i Mai or Conley lies He's been I lila king Iii e Ill I'll enemies I I I In ii hi her ir catisi hand tn 0 over Ir er list flat during the tile lust last twenty four tour hours I When hien finally a II few minutes after eleven he she heard hll n a step ohio sliu thought was hi his come cOllie bounding tip lip the Iho studio stairs anti and had darted to 10 the door and flung It open she sho was Willi so glad to see him Mm Intact that her eyes I filled up lip with Hilly silly tears again and auth she won wn In iii hui his I arms before she tie knew II It It lly lIy and by over O ou on the IIII divan Mar Mar- till made n a confession Id 11 fully made mule up lip my lilY Oil mind nil hu lie told lohl her I hat Id I'd be bo ery cal mini in a and nil brat brotherly herly t till this ii i morning mug and at nt least give you ou a II chame to 10 think If jou ou Willi wanted I Ill I'll to that the whole t thing lii uig Ii had a ii been n a hi bluff for thin Uncle o Wil Williams William's Vi I liam's liams benefit I t told M Id I'd be a ado do dog to 10 take tuko advantage of you yon It wasn't the mooney money I minded II I I mean macno the till Ih tint t youre you're going to tobo tolie bo lie horribly rich h. flint 1 lint was what was worryIng Uncle 11 William III of course But I reminded SI II t f that thoU joud you'd only I known about week and me inc a II you jou were Vre I n II mere re child ami anul probably didn't know I what e lo was a about liota t a and nil how much nobler It II would be If it I showed you ou I 1 wasn't just greedy antI and wes was willing to 10 walt wait And I will III iii watt wait Ill I'll walt wait seven years If you yin want me ate to Hut But do iho you joti think uk t hut could mike you jou any surer i I 1 think she he told IntI him that If it joud you'd 1 sit ald lit that first night at lit I the he At At- I II WI Will III it you jou man marry rry mute lI e Instead of ot Ito Io 10 you jou want to bo ho rescued Id I'd have 11 nodded my lilY head at lit you jou ou Just IhlI the Ihl I same name Anyhow Pvc Ive known knowli since then Well then he tie said set set- tied anyhow and he let go Jn one olle of her hands to 10 fish a n rill ring I out of ot hN hIs waist coat cont pocKet slip It II on her linger It was a n bi ly beautiful bl I thing hing and lId she Rat sut nt gazing at ut It U II spellbound Tor snout a 11 1 minute n ll I tryIng to 10 realize what It was wa ami what It meant when sho he turned to toI to 10 I thank hank him with u a Kiss US she caught ht him himIn In III the Iho act ud of ot it looking at lit hi his hi liven without that alto sho could have hu told 1111 from roan th the WilY way Iti hl liU kiss Isi felt that be latu lund had lundI I luau g on hU his rail mind lid What hat Is It It site she lI tasked asked Are re re you jou IU thinking about that old trunk Hoes Ioe It matter If it we WI don't dont get gel It I this his morn morn- lug l oes an ala thIng mutter limiter Theres only one 11 thing that taunt mat tern tors he lit am said hI get getting 1 Li mug up tip and mo I IlIg IlIgo ii g o away WilY a II little to put lut himself t out nut of It oft t temptation II and 1111 that'll thoU's our father I t think iii uk l perhaps ts we ve can do something hi ug It If ItE E wo 0 at strike rike s while bile the Iron Is hot I 1 IL l I haven't ha got It clear clar enough to talk t quite good sense about It but It Its It's a l little like Ilk the old tild woman unit and the th II pig that wouldn't jet get o over the Iho stile Do Io 0 you jou remember Stick wont won't heat beat 11 do dog dog wont won't bite 11 pU lg You s. s see ee the only person Ierson who can set your fl memI mem- mem i I ory right before the tue university world world- i and that's the Itie only lilly world he h cared I Is about U Undo Uncle who ho U is l i dent of the board of ot trustees out there Uncle Williams William's the Iho pig uig nil 1111 right lie He knows the facts flIs and I 1 think he believes believes be be- them lInt be tue wont won't get t over O t I the he stile tile until somebody bites him on f the tho leg Ilg goIng Bolus to bite him html she latu he asked j But when he hue answered she echoed the name In III simple astonish astonish- mentI ment I I 1 cant can't guess what It Is Is 19 darling t tie told her but theres there's t something In lit that little trunk of ot yours that Punster thinks he lInt cant live 1 without I want wantI f I to 10 find out what tint Ital It U Is and hurl burl It at him while hIie hes he's still frightened lie He Is frightened Wilt LaIf out of ot his hi wits lies He's Hesi i tanking Max Un marry that Cleveland h t woman I IUt saw IV them this morning down at nl the city hall ball she sh with tier her 1 face tare all ull bandaged up UI and Max hooking as glum as If It he was waiting to be sentenced to a term In the penitentiary with Conley on guard to tee see that thul t te he do u a bolt waiting w fur fir the marriage l. jeDe bureau to open oleu up it at Mm him wide wIde eyed eyed she Itle taw saw him flush Ilk like a II schoolboy hool y and at t that she flew at him and 1 hugged bugged him fill hue roul couldn't h help lp It Did you get gt ours too tooT she asked He lie nodded I thought It was n net hot netter ter h lat le said laId just Just In case of em emer r gency That's what I 1 told myself at atthe atthe atthe the time Hut But will you Rhoda now now He Before fore we go and get iet the trunk St SI t. t Timothy Timothy's Is Just around the corner I know the curate stat hell he'll be he there Ill get ret my hat tint and root fOOt she Ihl said And Arid It wa wasn't nt more Inore thun than ten tn minutes before she ahe found herself being married mar mur ned ried by hy a hearty young youn man mann who had lind It seemed put hut putout out his pipe lithe Just before hed he'd put on his rn cassock She wondered Inter when lien lien nhe had time to think things thinK over OHr about lion how vague rogue an nn Impression this service made mole upon ulon tier her SIte She was Willi barely able to re r. remember re- re member anything about It II On the theother theother other hound hand every word Martin hail had soul said during their walk to the church wits was etched deep upon tier her memory I fill he force of lila Ids purpose to tn set lIet up her tier father name oll ln In Its Ita proper place of the Iho mud anuth of scandal and suspicion the fact that he tue hail had n II plan situ and that until he lie had hind Set net that hum plan In motion mollon everything else elite even love making would have hn to welt wait put puta a new dimension lon Into her love o for him From rom the church door they took louk n it taxi to the railway station found the IIII trunk without misadventure und took tik It tack to the studio Ity lIy that time they were both bollt wildly excited over the mystery of ir it Its III contents they found was wall Just what H dimly remembered the contents to hll have ve been blen sheets of ot yellow paper covered with notes lIol's equations and dill dia grams gram Some Rome of them looked to In her like lake gigantic magnifications of it a child childs s game of III crosses Pictures Pic Ile tures of molecules Martin said mild ho tie guessed they IhlY were but It was wan all 1111 he Ira ii liy ii admitted 1 considerably y thu than limn ii nIk to 10 him There wits was an nit enormous a amount thou itt of ot It II thousands n ds of It Several thousand They be hue gan taking theta them out reverently fille one at III ata ata a time Then they took look them out by hy There Thero was uis no sort of ot order to them apparently It U wasn't conceivable con von that this mass of 01 stuff was anything that wanted Well sli then what else Ilse was wits In the time trunk They got to the bottom of ot It lit ut last and gazed at ot lIch each other with eyes blank with dIsappoIntment It U there wits was nothing In III the time trunk but those thin yellow sheets got Itol up Ul and announced her Intention of ot Retting getting lunch hunch Im going to 10 cook rook my hu husbands husband's first meal Site She made coffee fluid and heated up amp a can of cornet corned beet beef hu hash h anti and set the little while hue he continued to sit lilt on the floor noor In lu a n brown study stiffly shuffling his yellow papers They were wIre so occupied when Babe It II being Saturday canto homo home frow work worl that she shut Will war at at nt n a II married If I r II I couple It I told her promptly antI her exuberant Jo joy over O the news ness combined with her fury fairy at lit not nol having lug been iii Invited lIed to 10 time the wedding produced the tue effect of ot an all active joun t tornado Ilk S She he he hi hugged lu ii it k kissed Martin and berated hem both In iii herbest her tier best manner all nil the time tinie I It t was WIIt right In tIme till midst of this t tumult taut ul t that t Martin uIa ii a I it-ed it n II discover dis There about cover lr covery uro mire a II hundred of ut these e sheets that are lire written In iii lend head pencil II but alt all t till the lii others me umi IU carbon rhon copies The penciled I sheets arent aren't different lilt dif ferent In other oIlier that I any way can see Se from front the Ihl carbons There In the time s ini handwriting Can you jou ou make of ot timid that was 11 busy opening the hot ran can of ot hash and amid she Silt said she Just litter after Untie Babe went ent out slit Sill saw him get cot up In u II preoccupied sort of wa wn ivay and go Ito over O to I the he telephone Ht lie called th thus the Worcester hotel huhl asked m Pictures of Molecule Martin Said He H. Guessed They Were for Unile William and got him Then he said This ThU Is U Martin Forbes and 1 were ere married this morning Wore Were going to tl have hUIe a conference this afternoon at three o'clock and wed we'd like you juu OU to be he e lucre here If It you jou OU can and luring bring the contract ct between Forster and und sor sor with you ou It U seemed strange to that she sho didn't s. s see any blue flames from Irom the receiver licking about Martins Martin's ear lur Uncle William was wasen even en judging from trow Martins Martin's fragmentary replies being polite hats happened to him she asked t as Martin hung up be he breathe any tire lire at lit alt all about our being married Oh no he took that all right I thought he would lie He spoke absently and she law saw he be was wai getting ready to tel phone agaIn TU call cAli was wal even eten more it it was Wa the Worcester again an anti nj h he asked for tor Mr Forster apartment H II recognized the answering voice for h he said laid Conley Take Tak this rOl message for tor Mr Ir Forster Soy Say that Miss MIlls h recovered s-recovered her fathers father trunk and If It the contents of ot It II Interest him as I we believe they will now weve we've examined ex n- I emitted them he lie can come rome to her studio stu ItU- dio dlo tills afternoon at three thrle o'clock and discuss luss what what's to be done dune about them Find out If were we're to 10 expect him film will you ou There was 81 a breathless pause e of about a minute Then Thien Martin said All Mi right Three o'clock and hung up was vais a queer rather scared look hook In hi his face toce as n. he turned back to her clue che cried have you ou found It it e ho have ve you jou found the time timing thing he wants Willi lie He shook hui bin hili heath head I 1 lint hn haven't en t found n R I thins hili he hI told her Hut But now you jou ou see ee 11 Ive I've got Jot to find It There There's nothing noth ing log like lIJe a deadline to stimulate the wits II its of ot a reporter Aa As soon o as 85 he ho had what wits on his plate he tie took his cup of f toffee coffee and went back to the floor HP lip was wan still then thern when Uncle ii Hum so liP strangely transformed nn an that tInt forgot all about Martin Ml for several minutes There wasn't a n trace Irace of ot the ogre left about him lie He jocosely claimed the till right to kiss t the lie bride amid did It It said II an ala h hi her on oui the back ck that flint he thought she wa was going to be very pry happy nod and reproached tier her playfully for having hn kept him In time the dark about something thought though what It II was wn she couldn't nt lit first make out omit It was s not It seemed her unpremeditated marriage till this morning He lie said l he quite understood under tinder stood their ns nil they had done clone about that I and thought that In the circumstances It had hind been wise 11 then Hion he lie bl began apologizing to Mar Martin tin lie He was of afraid rail his hi manner In last t night aught when he lie bad l been quite finite In tIme the dark ns u to 10 who really was wa he lie having been buemi told that hint he was wn a n reporter been quite te ii I hat en cald Id I linda bin blankly he he Is I a reporter Yes Ye yes jes 11 of ot course Uncle William Williamo o agreed uneasily nt at a sudden movement mo of ot Impatience on Martins Martin's part tint hut butI I 1 want to acknowledge that my momentary mo suspicion that hii his Interest In you was hll heightened by his lila knowledge o of the possibility that you might turn turnout turnout out to be bp so to speak an heiress became be ho- came caine grotesque ng nil soon goon as S I 1 looked tip lip what he spoke of ot on the way WilY home as all hI his references and learned that he hue hand nn an Independent fortune of his lila own n. n SIte She turned a bewildered look on Martin Its to bother about nothing dirling dir dir- ling hug he hI saul said I wasn't keeping anything any ally thing dark Ill Id have told you If It there'd been time Hut nut theres there's always alwo's been something more Important to talk lolk As a n matter of ot there I Is now 1111 I will he be getting here lucre any minute Khoda what ns the elate date of your jour fathers father's death Do you remember re ro- member Shu Shiv ho did and amid she told ii him I in He lie looked down dl nt at time the papers again n with an Intensity lIy of ot concentration A After Atler ft er perhaps pa a minute it te be lie drew a n along along long breath nath Look here d tiling rl I tug ho Ito said lilt Look ook at nt tho time date dall on ott these sheets sheils There They're you jou see of ot the In last t notes be lu ever made See P vi hut hiat lies lie's written on the bottom of ut this paige I Its It's the last page of lit all nil Try this tomorrow It Its It's rl right ht at nt last lost Wc-ll Wc II It wits was right Those few hours he be begged the doctor for |